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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Linux Netdev List <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: pkt_sched: fix missing check for packet overrun in qdisc_dump_stab()
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:20:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <492412B3.8050300@trash.net> (raw)

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commit c870f95c8c5c40d2c38970246ed737b8264f0b0e
Author: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Date:   Wed Nov 19 14:19:11 2008 +0100

    pkt_sched: fix missing check for packet overrun in qdisc_dump_stab()
    
    nla_nest_start() might return NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference.
    
    Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 5bcef13..1ef25e6 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ static int qdisc_dump_stab(struct sk_buff *skb, struct qdisc_size_table *stab)
 	struct nlattr *nest;
 
 	nest = nla_nest_start(skb, TCA_STAB);
+	if (nest == NULL)
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 	NLA_PUT(skb, TCA_STAB_BASE, sizeof(stab->szopts), &stab->szopts);
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 

             reply	other threads:[~2008-11-19 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-19 13:20 Patrick McHardy [this message]
2008-11-20 12:07 ` pkt_sched: fix missing check for packet overrun in qdisc_dump_stab() David Miller

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